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Details
A 19th century Neo-Renaissance gold mounted jewelled and enamelled baroque pearl pendant, probably by Alfred André (1839-1919)
In the form of a reclining lamb with baroque pearl body and engraved, white enamel neck, lower body and legs, upon a white, green and pale blue enamel oval frame set with foiled rubies, the domed base of pierced scrollwork decoration with polychrome enamel motifs, suspending a single pearl drop, to four fine belcher-link swags terminating in a ruby and pearl drop and enamel panel canopy, circa 1860, 7.0cm long, pearls not tested for natural origin
In the form of a reclining lamb with baroque pearl body and engraved, white enamel neck, lower body and legs, upon a white, green and pale blue enamel oval frame set with foiled rubies, the domed base of pierced scrollwork decoration with polychrome enamel motifs, suspending a single pearl drop, to four fine belcher-link swags terminating in a ruby and pearl drop and enamel panel canopy, circa 1860, 7.0cm long, pearls not tested for natural origin
Literature
C.f. Y. Hachenbroch, Renaissance Jewellery, New York,1979, p. 334 -338 pls.895 to 908, for similar pendants, also C. Truman, Decorative Arts in the Robert Lehman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p.123, pl.44, also Christie's catalogue, 'The Collection of the Late Baroness Batsheva de Rothchild, 14th December 2000, lot 50.
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. Please be advised that a purchasers inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).
Further details
The discovery, and publication, of the plaster models and casts held by the firm of Alfred André in Paris revealed that this workshop specialized in mounting baroque pearls in exotic forms, and setting them on deep scrolled bases enamelled in colours and set with pearls and precious stones. Particular reference should be made to four jewels in the collection of the late Baroness Batshevea de Rothschild.
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